The King and the Gentleman: Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1649

Rating:
Summary: Uneven, but informative.
Review: In the preface to "The King and the Gentleman" Wilson boldly states his determination not to shrink from a thorough examination of the religious issues of the time, a subject about which Wilson finds previous biographers to be diffident. He delivers on his promise, but to the detriment of the book: the book is often bogged down by the minutiae of 17th Century Protestantism. However, the dual biography format is often informative, particularly in describing the early lives of Cromwell and Charles I.